Take advantage of today’s technologies to build and refine reporting models, enhance functionality and reusability, perform data mash-ups from multiple data sources, and determine the most appropriate visualization. Be prepared to be wowed by the following sessions:
 

• Advanced Dashboards Using Excel, Excel Services, and PerformancePoint 

  Learn more about exciting new ways to build dashboards in Excel, Excel Services, and...

• Advanced Data Visualization with SQL Server Reporting Services

  With the standard SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) engine, you can quickly and easily deliver...

• Advancing Analytics at Microsoft Advertising

  Millions of users spend time on Microsoft consumer properties every day. Advertisers that run...

• Charting Collections of Social Media Connections with NodeXL

  We live in a sea of tweets, posts, blogs, and updates. Social media can be a bewildering stream of...

• Creating an End-to-End Power View Reporting Solution

  Power View lets you create eye-popping visualizations and provides intuitive ad-hoc reporting that...

• Data Analytics: Realizing the Full Potential

  Data – whether big, small, slow, or fast – has failed to live up to the hype of transforming how...

• Deep Dive into PowerPivot in Office and SharePoint

  Don’t miss this deep dive into the Microsoft BI stack, exploring Office 2013, SharePoint 2013, and...

• Drab to Dynamite! Managed Self-Service BI Using Real-World Data

  Not every business has perfectly structured data. But with managed self-service business...

• Excel Charting Tips

  Join this session to dig into cool and little known Excel charting tips that will help your charts...

• Feed Your Data! OData Data Feeds for PowerPivot Users

  You may have seen the option in PowerPivot or Excel 2013 to import data from a data feed, but do...

• From Data to Insight – Views from Microsoft Finance

  In today's economic climate, your business faces greater challenges than ever before. By providing...

  • GeoSpatial Analytics Using Microsoft BI

    In this age of big data, location matters more than many people imagine. Almost every set of data...

  • Mastering the CUBE Functions in Excel 2013

    Join this session to explore the seven CUBE functions natively available in Excel 2013. Unknown to...

  • Mastering Time-Based Analysis in DAX

    So much analysis that a business typically performs on its data involves dates and/or times. Many...

  • Measuring the Subscription Economy

    In today's mobile landscape, many companies – including Spotify, Dropbox, XBox Live, and Audible –...

  • Power to the Pivot - Practical Intro to PowerPivot 2012 

    Want to create snazzy reports to impress the boss but aren't a BI expert? Don't climb the clock...

  • Self-Service Data Modeling

    Self-service business intelligence looks promising, empowering information workers to grab amazing...

  • Sports Analytics: Big Data in the Big Time

    How do baseball, football, and basketball teams use Excel and data analytics to improve player...

  • The ABCs of Scoring: Why, How, and Getting a Good Grade

    Scoring models are a valuable and popular analytical technique. The FICO credit score used in...

  • The Essential 8: Narrative Reporting Techniques

    Boring static reports are no longer acceptable in today's business culture. Analytics should be... 

  • Using Power View and Hadoop to Unlock Hidden Markets 

    A practical way to derive business value from big data is to micro-target customers, but where do...
    

    • Visualization Choices: What, When, and How?

      When do you use a sparkline, column, or line chart? How do you create a business scorecard – and...

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